LOCOMOTIVE A
All Carson & Colorado locomotives
| Number | Builder | Type | Date | Works number | Notes | Thumbs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st #1 Candelaria |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1880 | 5285 | sold to Eureka and Palisade Railroad 1907 |  |
| 2nd #1 SP No.1 |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 2-8-0 | 1919 | 41300 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #14 acquired 1928 sold to Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad #9 1933 |  |
| 3rd #1 LittleGiant |
General Electric | Diesel | 1954 | 32226 | Sold 1961. Reputedly in Mexico. |  |
| 2 Bodie |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1881 | 5428 | scrapped 1907 |  |
| 1st #3 Colorado |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1881 | 5430 | scrapped 1908 |  |
| 2nd #3 Erasmus Gest |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1887 | 8791 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #3 acquired 1928 scrapped 1934 |  |
| 1st #4 Churchill |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1881 | 5578 | sold to Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad #7 1929. Scrapped in '37 |  |
| 2nd #4 Comyn |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1899 | 17124 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #4 acquired 1928 scrapped 1934 |  |
| 1st #5 Belleville |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1882 | 6089 | scrapped 1932 |  |
| 2nd #5 Amadee |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1899 | 17123 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #5 acquired 1928 scrapped 1934 |  |
| 1st #6 Hawthorne |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1882 | 6090 | scrapped 1907 |  |
| 2nd #6 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1877 | 4223 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #6 merged 1905 scrapped 1926 |  |
| 3rd #6 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1903 | 22020 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #6 acquired 1928 scrapped 1934 |  |
| 1st #7 Benton |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1883 | 6687 | scrapped 1932 |  |
| 2nd #7 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1903 | 22012 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #7 acquired 1928 scrapped 1935 | thumbnail |
| 1st #8 Darwin |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1883 | 6689 | scrapped 1932 |  |
| 2nd #8 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1907 | 31445 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #8 acquired 1928 donated to Carson City, Nevada 1955 |  |
| 1st #9 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1885 | 7604 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #16 merged 1905 scrapped 1911 |  |
| 2nd #9 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1909 | 34035 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #9 acquired 1928 donated to Bishop, California 1960 |  |
| 10 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1885 | 7605 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #17 merged 1905 scrapped 1933 |  |
| 11 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 2-6-0 | 1881 | 5649 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #11 merged 1905 rebuilt to 4-6-0 1924 scrapped 1934 |  |
| 12 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 2-6-0 | 1881 | 5650 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #12 merged 1905 rebuilt to 4-6-0 1924 scrapped 1934 |  |
| 13 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 2-8-0 | 1882 | 6157 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #13 merged 1905 scrapped 1927 |  |
| 14 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1886 | 7939 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #18 merged 1905 retired 1945 |  |
| 15 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1889 | 9929 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #22 merged 1905 scrapped 1935 |  |
| 16 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1886 | 7941 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #19 merged 1905 scrapped 1935 |  |
| 17 | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1887 | 8487 | ex-South Pacific Coast Railroad #21 merged 1905 retired '45, scrapped in '52 |  |
| 18 Slim Princess |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1911 | 37395 | ex-Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #12 acquired 1928 donated to Independence, California 1955 |  |
| 22 Vindicator |
Schenectady Locomotive Works | 4-6-0 | 1899 | 5399 | ex-Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad then Nevada-California-Oregon Railway #22 acquired 1929 scrapped 1949 |  |
| 1026 C.N.Scott |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 4-4-0 | 1880 | 5478 | ex-Oregonian Ry #8. Sold to SP(SJ&SN) 1903. Used on C&C 1904-1906 |  |
Source: Wikipedia
Note 1: N-C-O locomotives 3,4,5,6,7 may have been stored at Sparks,NV and never used on C&C.
Note 2: SJ&SN locomotives were not placed on C&C roster.
Note 3: Red numbers indicate scrapped engines.
The entire history of the Carson & Colorado can be read from this table.
It began in 1883 with 8 new locomotives. 20 or so years later Southern Pacific bought it...and South Pacific Coast as well. SP standard gauged the latter and brought some of their narrow gauge locomotives to the Owens Valley. 20 years later it did the same with N-C-O...but that turned out to be a bad move as the Great Depression of the next year slowly strangled the business...causing SP first to scrap many of its locomotives and then, in 1938, to abandon the line north of Bishop. The war years and their immediate aftermath were hard to read but in the '50s the introduction of the interstate highway system and passenger jets sealed the fate of C & C.
Broad gauge reached both the northern and southern terminus of the C&C by 1911, so why didn't SP convert the entire line? Probably, the answer is a combination of bad luck, bad timing, and geography. The mines were on a downward trajectory, DWP had control of most of the water, and Owens valley climate is just plain hard on agriculture.